Frequently Asked Questions

• How can we get in contact with Asia Harvest?

  See our Contact page for postal & email addresses.

   

• How can we help with the projects Asia Harvest is involved in?

  Please visit our Projects page for a listing of projects and how you can help prayerfully and/or financially.

   

• What is Asia Harvest? What can you tell me about yourself?

  We publish regular newsletters that explain our vision, work and goals. Please go to our Archives page to read learn more about us. We also have a Mission Statement available that explains briefly why we exist and what our goals are. Click here to read it online.

   

• What is the background of Asia Harvest?

  In 1988 the director of Asia Harvest, Paul Hattaway, entered full-time Christian work in Hong Kong, carrying Bibles to Christians in China and working with other missionaries with a similar calling. By the early 1990s the Lord had directed our attention to the unreached tribes and people groups in China and neighboring countries. We started getting involved in various forms of outreach to them. A lot of research was done in the hope of bring the existence and spiritual needs of these groups to the awareness of the Body of Christ around the world. In 2000 we changed our ministry name from Asian Minorities Outreach to Asia Harvest and we support strategic initiatives that help spread the Gospel among the most unreached areas of Asia.

   

• What denomination are you a part of?

  Asia Harvest might qualify to be called a truly "inter-denominational" ministry. We have never been connected to any particular denomination. Our staff members originate from several different nations and church backgrounds. This, however, doesn't mean we believe in anything or work with anyone! We are Bible-based Christians who believe Bible to be inerrant and inspired by God. We only work with churches and individuals who believe the same foundational, non-negotiable beliefs that we have, those who live their lives in the fear of God, have the Cross and Blood of Jesus Christ at the center of everything they do, and possess a strong witness of moral and ethical integrity, humility, and a God-given zeal to take the Gospel to all corners of the earth.

   

• What do you believe? Do you have a doctrinal statement?

  We have a doctrinal statement online, to read it click here.

   

• Is Asia Harvest a Mission Agency?

  No. At least not if a mission agency is defined as an organization that facilitates and places missionaries on the field. Our call is to be a link between Christians in Asia and others all around the world, assisting efforts wherever we can that spread the Gospel. We help Asian believers in strategic locations be more effective in reaching the lost around them.

   

• How do you serve the church?

  Many people are surprised to find out that we are numerically a very small ministry. If you walk into our office in Thailand you won't find more than five or six staff at any given time, in addition to our Asia Harvest representatives around the world. We really have no desire to build a big new organization. We'd rather focus on building up the Body of Christ that already exists. Although Asia Harvest is small, we are blessed to work with church leaders who are responsible for thousands, and in a few cases even millions, of believers. If we can help them in any way to be more fruitful in their ministries, this is a great privilege.

   

• How does Asia Harvest raise finances?

  If you receive our newsletter, you receive practically the sole means we have to notify Christians around the world how they can give if they feel led to do so. We don't have any fundraising programs or techniques. When we are privileged to share in churches around the world, it is our conviction not to mention any financial needs, unless someone specifically asks. We don't send out appeal letters as such, and we want to avoid begging or emotional manipulation. All we do is list projects in the back of each newsletter and give people a chance to give if they want to. We've found it's a lot easier letting God raise finances His way than it is to try to do it with human methods and persuasion! The burden and responsibility for raising finances is therefore the Lord's, and not ours.

   

• Is it safe to order books online?

  Absolutely! We use 2Checkout.com and Donate.net as our authorized retailers for our onlines sales and donations. When you place an order you are accessing their VERY SECURE SERVERS that encrypt all of your personal information as it travels from your computer to theirs. We have been using these services since we've started with online sales and are very happy with the quality of their security.